Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve having a longitudinal valve axis, an electromagnetic circuit, a movable actuating member that cooperates with a fixed valve seat for opening and closing the valve, and an outlet opening that is configured downstream of the valve seat. The actuating member is configured in a bowl, trough, or saucer shape, having an actuating leg and a supporting leg that is configured to be substantially perpendicular to the former. The actuating leg, as a movable part of the actuating member, cooperates with an upper layer of atomization disk to form a sealing valve. The valve may be used as a fuel injector in an internal combustion engine, such as in a mixture-compressing, spark-ignition internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A helical compression spring for use in a component of a fuel injection system, for example a component in the form of a fuel injection valve, which helical compression spring has a spring wire cross section that corresponds to a rectangle in which the corners are rounded and the inner surface, which constitutes the inside of the helical compression spring, is curved in a sharply convex fashion. This cross sectional contour of the spring wire reduces the shearing stresses when the helical compression spring is loaded, as a result of which the helical compression spring can be embodied as shorter while retaining the same spring constant. The side surfaces of the spring wire, which are oriented toward each other in the helical compression spring, are embodied as at least approximately parallel to each other so that they rest against one another in a flat fashion at the ends of the helical compression spring due to the winding height that is reduced there.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable valve having a longitudinal valve axis (3), having an electromagnetic circuit (1, 2), having a movable actuating member (25), that cooperates with a fixed valve seat (23) for opening and closing the valve, and having an outlet opening (8) that is configured downstream of the valve seat (23). The actuating member (25) is executed in a bowl, trough, or saucer shape, having an actuating leg (26) and a supporting leg (27) that is configured so as to be substantially perpendicular to the former. The actuating leg (26), as a movable part of the actuating member (25), cooperates with an upper layer (15) of atomization disk (12), so as to form a sealing valve.

Abstract: A helical compression spring (40) for use in a component (1) of a fuel injection system, for example a component in the form of a fuel injection valve (1), which helical compression spring (40) has a spring wire cross section that corresponds to a rectangle in which the corners are rounded and the inner surface (46), which constitutes the inside of the helical compression spring (40), is curved in a sharply convex fashion. This cross sectional contour of the spring wire reduces the shearing stresses when the helical compression spring (40) is loaded, as a result of which the helical compression spring (40) can be embodied as shorter while retaining the same spring constant (K).